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  • Contains 6 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 09/21/2023

    This webinar will explore this burgeoning field from a variety of angles, including objective facts relating to funders and their cases, insurance and lending efforts, as well as perspectives of investors, defendants, and other market participants. Bringing together these diverse perspectives will help attendees better understand this significant new development in patent litigation and IP monetization.

    Litigation funding and prevailing secondaries markets have quickly come to undergird huge swaths of U.S. civil litigation today. This is particularly true in U.S. patent litigation, although financing efforts surrounding patents are not exclusively limited to enforcement efforts. Indeed, studies show that up to a third of all modern patent litigation is now funded, making patent litigation the highest-growth area in litigation funding. Some argue that litigation funding has enabled small players and individual inventors to realize the value of their intellectual property holdings. Others have raised concerns about the impact of funding on litigation, pointing especially to a lack of transparency in litigation financing. This webinar will explore this burgeoning field from a variety of angles, including objective facts relating to funders and their cases, insurance and lending efforts, as well as perspectives of investors, defendants, and other market participants. Bringing together these diverse perspectives will help attendees better understand this significant new development in patent litigation and IP monetization. 

    Thomas A. Brown

    Senior Legal Director

    Dell Technologies

    Tom Brown is a Senior Legal Director at Dell, where he leads Dell’s talented intellectual property litigation team, and manages a docket of IP litigation and post-grant review proceedings. Tom has overseen scores of cases from inception through appeal, in the PTAB and in courts across the country. Intellectual property policy also forms a substantial component of Tom’s role at Dell, where he plays a leading role shaping and articulating Dell’s policy positions. In this capacity, Tom drafts and manages amicus briefs, PTO comments, and other advocacy designed to promote a balanced, effective, and efficient regime for the protection of intellectual property. Tom currently serves as chair of IPO’s Damages and Injunctions Committee and on the steering committee of the Sedona Conference Working Groups 9 and 10 on Patent Damages, Remedies, and Litigation. He is also the Counselor of the Alan D. Lourie Boston IP American Inn of Court. Before joining Dell, he was a litigation principal at Fish & Richardson, and was previously a software design engineer at Microsoft.

    Michael Gulliford

    Managing Partner & Co-Founder

    Soryn IP

    Michael Gulliford has more than two decades of experience in the intellectual property arena as an investor, advisor, dealmaker and former law firm partner. At Soryn IP Capital Management, Michael oversees the firm's portfolio of private credit, legal finance and other IP-specific investments. Prior to Soryn IP Capital Management, Michael founded Soryn IP Group, an intellectual property advisory and finance firm that guided the management of private and publicly traded companies with respect to patent strategy, and that closed more than $175 million in patent-centric deals. Prior to founding Soryn IP Group, Michael was a partner in the IP litigation group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, where he counseled clients on IP issues in a host of industries. Michael holds a BA in Neuroscience from Columbia University and a JD from the Seton Hall University School of Law. Michael regularly speaks and publishes on the latest IP monetization and finance developments. Among various industry distinctions, Michael has been recognized as a Global Leader in Intellectual Property, as one of the Leading IP Strategists in the World and as a Patent Master. Chambers and Partners has also repeatedly recognized Michael as a top practitioner of IP Litigation Finance.

    Jonathan Stroud

    General Counsel

    Unified Patents, LLC

    Jonathan Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents, LLC, where he manages a growing team of talented, diverse attorneys and oversees a docket of administrative challenges, appeals, licensing, pooling, and district court work in addition to trademark, copyright, administrative, amicus, policy, marketing, and corporate matters. Prior to Unified, he was a litigator with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, and prior to that, he was a patent examiner at the USPTO. He earned his J.D. with honors from the American University Washington College of Law; his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University; and his M.A. in Print Journalism from the University of Southern California. He enjoys teaching, writing, and speaking on Federal Courts, patent, and administrative law.

    Ryan Zurek

    Managing Director

    Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held

    Ryan Zurek is a Managing Director in the Investment Group of Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held. Mr. Zurek leads the firm’s Advisory Services practice which is composed of IP Transaction Advisory, Investments, and non-securities Investment Banking. He holds the FINRA Series 7 and 63 license. Mr. Zurek plays an integral role in all aspects of the firm’s investment banking and asset management initiatives, including facilitating IP-driven transactions, mergers and acquisitions, IP monetization strategies, financing and IP-based special situations investments. Mr. Zurek has significant experience in IP valuation, licensing strategy, market research and cash flow analysis. Prior to joining the Investments practice, Mr. Zurek spent 5 years with Ocean Tomo’s Expert Testimony practice where he spearheaded engagements involving the valuation of intangible assets across a broad spectrum of technologies. Mr. Zurek holds a B.S. in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

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    IPO’s Patent Search Committee published a white paper titled “Traps for the Unwary in Search Patents: When to Consider Using a Professional Patent Searcher”. As discussed in the white paper, there are many vagaries in patent searching that fool the untrained searcher into believing that they have completed an adequate search. Depending upon the reason for the search and how it will be used, a professional patent search may need to be critical to answering your questions. This webinar will address how to recognize when engaging a professional patent searcher is beneficial or necessary. Speakers will also discuss when you need someone with deep searching expertise, knowledge of the searching tools and databases (especially including what they can deliver and what they cannot deliver), and how best to leverage that expertise. They will also explain how to recognize when you need to go to the next level.

    IPO’s Patent Search Committee published a white paper titled “Traps for the Unwary in Search Patents: When to Consider Using a Professional Patent Searcher”. As discussed in the white paper, there are many vagaries in patent searching that fool the untrained searcher into believing that they have completed an adequate search. Depending upon the reason for the search and how it will be used, a professional patent search may need to be critical to answering your questions. This webinar will address how to recognize when engaging a professional patent searcher is beneficial or necessary. Speakers will also discuss when you need someone with deep searching expertise, knowledge of the searching tools and databases (especially including what they can deliver and what they cannot deliver), and how best to leverage that expertise.  They will also explain how to recognize when you need to go to the next level.

    Note: IPO will not be applying for CLE credit for this webinar.

    Ford Khorsandian

    President & Founder

    TPR (Technology & Patent Research) International, Inc.

    Ford Khorsandian is President and founder of Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International, Inc. TPR was established in 1995 and specializes in the searching of patents and scientific literature for patentability, landscape, infringement, and validity/opposition in the fields of chemistry, life sciences, high-tech and engineering. TPR also provides patent analysis, and competitor intelligence studies. Ford  holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the U.K. and started his career in Europe with Derwent/Thomson Reuters (now Clarivate). Since moving to the U.S. he has held the positions of Vice President of Derwent North America, and Director at Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a Division of the American Chemical Society.  He has also been the Vice Chair of the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG), as well as the Chair of the PIUG Nominations Committee.  Ford is founder and board member of the International Patent Information (IPI) Institute, and Pharma-Bio-Med Institute. Since its inception, he has also been serving as the Vice Chair of the Patent Search Committee within IPO.

    Matt Luby

    Group Director, IP Analytics

    Techtronic Industries North America, Inc. (TTI)

    Matthew Luby is the Group Director, IP Analytics for Techtronic Industries North America, Inc. (TTI). TTI is a world leader in cordless technology spanning power tools, outdoor power equipment, and floor care appliances. At TTI, Matt helps the IP teams and their stakeholders understand and manage their IP assets. Matt also helps measure and refine Key Performance Indicators through the use of analytics and communicate relevant IP metrics throughout TTI business units. Prior to TTI, Matt was a US Patent Examiner and then worked for Landon IP/CPA Global, where he helped to create and lead the IP analytics consulting team. Matt is the author of several articles related to IP analytics and was selected as one of IAM’s top 300 IP strategists from 2016-2020. 

    Vipul Mendiratta

    Law, Security & Public Policy - IP Analytics

    Caterpillar Inc.

    Vipul Mendiratta is the Lead at IP Analytics for Caterpillar Inc. Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. At Caterpillar, Vipul collaborates with the IP Legal and R&D teams understand and manage their IP assets. Vipul also assists capturing and refining innovative ideas working with inventors and business units. In roles prior to Caterpillar, Vipul created and lead the IP consulting teams for about 15 years at Evalueserve Inc. Vipul is a registered attorney with New York bar and has a law degree and a mechanical engineering degree from India.

    Jessica M. Sinnott

    Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

    DuPont

    Jessica Sinnott is Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, DuPont Legal. This role includes leadership responsibility for DuPont intellectual property work and Legal Operations. Prior to joining DuPont in 1999, she was Sr. Patent Attorney at Mobil Business Resources Corporation. She is admitted to the bars of New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Delaware (limited practice under DE Rule 55.1), and registered to Practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She was s a Co-Author, Sinnott, World Patent Law and Practice; Baxter, World Patent Law and Practice (pubs) 1987 – 2020; and European Patent Practice, 2015-2018. Jessica received a BA Degree in Chemistry from Sweet Briar College and JD from New York Law School. 

    Jonathan Skovholt

    Founding Member & Head of Search Operations

    Ensemble IP

    Jonathan Skovholt is a founding member and Head of Search Operations at Ensemble IP, an intellectual property consulting firm providing patent search services to corporations and law firms worldwide. At Ensemble IP, Jonathan works to blend human expertise with advanced technology tools to provide the most reliable and comprehensive patent search results. Jonathan is focused on assessing AI search systems, the convergence of Boolean and AI based techniques, and the continuing evolution of patent searching. Prior to joining Ensemble IP, he managed, designed, and delivered training for Landon IP and CPA Global where he taught analysts the finer points of searching, examining, and classifying. He is a former faculty member of Patent Resources Group (PRG) and at the NIH Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences.  Jonathan has taught individuals on the art of prior art searching to audiences on four continents. He is also a former patent examiner. Jonathan has a BA in Physics from Gustavus Adolphus College, an MS in Physics from the University of Delaware, and a graduate certificate in Instructional Systems Development from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

    Martha Yates

    Senior Principal Information Scientist & Science Fellow

    Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH

    Martha Yates is a Senior Principal Information Scientist and Science Fellow for Bayer CropScience.  She does patent searching and patent information management.  She is a US patent agent and a Qualified Patent Information Professional (QPIP). Martha has a BA in biology from Colorado College and a MS in Biochemistry and a MSLS from the University of Kentucky.  She is the current chair of the IPO Patent Search Committee. 

  • Contains 2 Component(s)

    The Patent Agent Committee will host Part 2 in a webinar series on “Effective Use of Patent Agents.” In Part 2, speakers will provide background and answer questions on current case law around Patent Agent privilege. Speakers will also explore strategies and considerations related to best practices for using patent agents in-house. Note: IPO will not be applying for CLE credit for this course.

    The Patent Agent Committee will host Part 2 in a webinar series on “Effective Use of Patent Agents.” Patent agents are increasingly being used in-house as members of patent teams as well as leaders of those teams. In the United States, Patent Agents hold the credentials to practice in legal matters, specifically patent matters, before the US Patent and Trademark Office. However, the job duties of a Patent Agent are increasingly extending well beyond the immediate practice of patent law, ranging from being a drafting and prosecution professional, to an IP portfolio manager, R&D advisor, or project manager. Given the narrow scope of the practice of patent law and all the responsibilities a Patent Agent may hold, there is an inherent lack of clarity on where Patent Agent privilege begins and ends. In Part 2, speakers will provide background and answer questions on current case law around Patent Agent privilege. Speakers will also explore strategies and considerations related to best practices for using patent agents in-house.

    Part 1 was held on June 29 where speakers addressed the benefits of having a patent agent program including how patent agents can support legal/business work outside of preparation and prosecution. You do not have to listen to Part 1 in order to participate in Part 2. 

    Note: IPO will not be applying for CLE credit for this course.

    Gary Ganzi

    Senior Director and Head of Intellectual Property

    Evoqua Water Technologies LLC | Xylem

    Gary Ganzi is the Senior Director and Head of IP for Evoqua | Xylem. Gary serves on the Board of Directors of IPO and is part of the Audit Committee, Board Liaison to Corporate IP Management Committee. He has a 50-year career in water treatment that include employment at Ionics, Millipore, Ionpure, USFilter, Vivendi, Veolia, Siemens, Evoqua & Xylem. He was named inventor on over 40 US patents in the field of water treatment, including pioneering work in commercialization of electrodeionization technology and is the Chair of ASTM subcommittee D19.08 on Membranes and Ion Exchange.

    Kate Helmich

    Patent Agent

    Cargill, Inc.

    Kate Helmich has been with Cargill, Incorporated for 3 years and is currently the Patent Agent Team Lead. Kate is one of the Vice-Chairs of the IPO Patent Agent Committee and is passionate about advocating for Patent Agents and getting more STEM students into this career path. Prior to joining Cargill, Kate worked at Quarles & Brady in Madison, WI. Kate has a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a BA in Chemistry from St. Olaf College. Kate and her husband recently moved to the Twin Cities and are enjoying more time with family and friends and gearing up for next hockey season. 

    Jenifer Lake

    Patent Agent and Senior Manager

    Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

    Jenifer Lake is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a double major in Health Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences where she interned at Pharmacia and UpJohn (now Pfizer) working on a new class of antibiotics to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria. Jenifer began her career at Dow AgroSciences (now Corteva) in Indianapolis as a synthetic organic chemist where she spent the next decade working in fungicides, developing new methods of rapid molecule synthesis, and eventually transitioning into regulatory and quality assurance. Upon moving back to Michigan, Jenifer pivoted toward patent law by joining a local boutique law firm for about five years and becoming a registered patent agent. From there, Jenifer moved in-house, first joining BISSELL’s IP team before moving to Charles Schwab Co., Inc. She has been with Schwab for about 14 months getting their formal patent program off the ground and managing their existing patent portfolio.

    Jonathan Tolstedt

    Patent Agent

    3M Innovative Properties Co.

    Jonathan Tolstedt is a Patent Agent for the 3M Office of Intellectual Property (OIPC) in Maplewood, MN. Jonathan started his career at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, first as a Technical Writing Group Lead (2 years) and then as a Software Systems Engineer (6 years). Jonathan then moved to the John Deere Electronics Solution group in Fargo, ND, as a software engineer and business development specialist (12 years). While employed with John Deere, Jonathan began studying for the patent bar exam and passed the exam in 2006. In 2008, Jonathan became a licensing associate for the NDSU Research Foundation (5 years), and then moved to Appareo Systems (Fargo) as their Intellectual Property Officer (2 years). Before his move to 3M, Jonathan worked as a patent agent for the law firms of Dorsey & Whitney and Davis Wright Tremaine in Seattle (2.5 years). Jonathan also had a consulting business (a moonlighting gig) providing patent drafting and prosecution services for individual inventors and startup companies in the Fargo area, starting in 2005 through 2015.

    Chad Walter

    Assistant General Counsel - IP

    Chevron Phillips Chemical

    Chad Walter is the Assistant General Counsel - IP at Chevron Phillips Chemical, managing the company’s IP department which includes 4 attorneys, 3 patent liaisons, 2 IP paralegals, and 2 administrative assistants. Following graduation from Texas A&M with a Chemical Engineering degree, Chad practiced in the environmental and process engineering fields for six years.  After graduating law school at the University of Houston,  Chad practiced at Carstens and Cahoon, an IP boutique in Dallas, TX prior to joining Chevron Phillips Chemical in 2010.

  • Contains 7 Component(s), Includes Credits Recorded On: 08/01/2023

    This webinar will examine ways to incorporate Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) into intellectual property disputes from using arbitration clauses in license agreements to strategies for going to mediation. The pros and cons of various approaches will be discussed as will consideration of what attributes to look for in a neutral third party.

    This webinar will examine ways to incorporate Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) into intellectual property disputes from using arbitration clauses in license agreements to strategies for going to mediation. The pros and cons of various approaches will be discussed as will consideration of what attributes to look for in a neutral third party.

    Frank Gao

    Registered US Patent & Trademark Attorney & Chemist

    Ladas & Parry LLP

    Frank Gao is a registered patent attorney and chemist. Prior to joining Ladas & Parry LLP,  Mr. Gao worked for another prominent Chicago patent law firm and he was in-house patent counsel at Sandvik. Before Sandvik, he was a patent agent/attorney at a law firm in California. Before entering law school, Mr. Gao worked at Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) editorial division, where he analyzed and built database entries for patents in fields of pharmaceuticals, polymer, and material science. Mr. Gao also worked at Princeton Biomolecules where he synthesized customized peptides via solid-state synthesis. Frank is an active Mandarin Speaker and obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in China, a Ph.D. student at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel and also an Ohio state University graduate. Frank is a Lanham Act Mediator before the United District Court of Northern District of Illinois. 

    Hon. Faith Hochberg

    U.S.D.J. (ret.)

    Hochberg ADR LLC

    Judge Hochberg served many years as a federal judge in the District of New Jersey. In  2015, she founded Hochberg ADR [www.JudgeHochberg.com],to serve as a Mediator, Arbitrator, Special Master, Mock Court Judge and Monitor in complex U.S. and international litigation. Judge Hochberg has served as a court-appointed Monitor in international cybersecurity cases, and is currently serving as a court-appointed Special Master in many cases in both federal and state courts, including patent, antitrust, trade secrets and multi-district litigation (MDL cases). Judge Hochberg is a distinguished neutral admitted to the rosters of the AAA, ICDR,  ICC, CPR, and WIPO; she is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Her expertise broadly spans many areas of law: patent and other intellectual property litigation and licensing; class actions; corporate contract; insurance; banking & financial institutions; securities; antitrust; trade secrets; pharmaceutical development and licensing; merger and acquisition transactions; partnership disputes, and many more. Judge Hochberg graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where she was an Editor of the Harvard Law Review. She earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Tufts University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.  She also attended the London School of Economics.

    Betty Morgan

    Mediation and Arbitration Services Specialist

    The Morgan Law Firm I P.C.

    Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Morgan is board certified by the Florida Bar as a specialist in in intellectual property law through 2023 and was certified business litigation from 1997 to 2007. Admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar, Ms. Morgan also is admitted to all federal district courts in Florida and in Georgia, to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and to the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Morgan has handled cases in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Mississippi, Minnesota, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nebraska, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and the Virgin Islands. Ms. Morgan has significant jury trial experience in federal court, including patent, trademark, copyright and employment matters. Ms. Morgan has handled more than 100 matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

  • Contains 6 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This webinar will cover recent developments in case law over the past six months. The first half of 2023 saw no less than four IP decisions from the Supreme Court. The panel will also cover notable decisions issued by the lower tribunals in the first half of the year.

    This webinar will cover recent developments in case law over the past six months. The first half of 2023 saw no less than four IP decisions from the Supreme Court. In Amgen v. Sanofi, the Supreme Court addressed the enablement requirement for patent claims directed to antibodies, an increasingly important class of medical treatment. The trademark discussion will focus on the two Supreme Court decisions issued this term concerning trademark law: Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International and VIP Prod. LLC v. Jack Daniel's Properties, IncAbitron considered the territorial limits of the Lanham Act, with potential implications for brand owners’ foreign policing efforts. The Jack Daniel’s decision examined the interplay of the First Amendment and Lanham Act protections where the junior user claims parody and humorous expression. And in the realm of copyrights, the Supreme Court addressed a fair use dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and a well-known rock-and-roll photographer, Lynn Goldsmith. The panel will also cover notable decisions issued by the lower tribunals in the first half of the year.

    Paul Berghoff

    Founder

    McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

    Paul Berghoff, founder of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff LLP, has three decades of experience as lead trial counsel in complex patent litigation – both jury and bench trials and PTAB proceedings – concentrating in litigation involving pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, electronics, and software. He has successfully tried scores of patent cases and has successfully argued dozens of times before he US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He services as Chair of the firm’s Litigation & Appeals Practice Group.  He is Vice-Chair of IPO’s Amicus Brief Committee.

    Gregory Castanias

    Partner

    Jones Day

    Greg Castanias is a partner at Jones Day in Washington, DC. He is head of the firm’s Federal Circuit team and has almost 30 years’ experience as a leading appellate and intellectual property litigator. His experience includes five US Supreme Court arguments, 70+ Federal Circuit arguments, and countless others in federal and state courts across the nation, from Alaska to Connecticut. His intellectual property experience includes such diverse technologies as genetics, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, chemistry, electronics, and mechanical fields, as well as copyright, trademark, and trade secret disputes. He is Vice-Chair of IPO’s Amicus Brief Committee.

    Wendy Larson

    Member

    Pirkey Barber

    Wendy Larson practices trademark law with a focus on litigation. She focuses specifically on issues relating to the internet, including cybersquatting and brand protection challenges involving social media platforms and smartphone applications, keyword advertising, service provider liability, and personal jurisdiction relating to foreign online actors. She practices in federal court, before the Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and with dispute resolution service providers such as the Forum and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) handling domain name disputes under ICANN’s domain name dispute resolution policies. Wendy also assists clients in a variety of prosecution and other litigation matters. Wendy is a member of IPO’s Amicus Brief Committee.

  • Contains 2 Component(s)

    The role of patent agents has evolved over the past decade. IPO’s Patent Agent Committee will host a two-part webinar series on effective use of patent agents. Part 1 will address the benefits of having a patent agent program including how patent agents can support legal/business work outside of preparation and prosecution. Speakers will discuss unique benefits to staffing with patent agents, including contributing to your organization’s diversity. Part 2 is scheduled for August 9 and will focus on Patent Agent privilege and best practices for using patent agents in-house. *Please note that IPO will not be applying for CLE credit for this course.

    The role of patent agents has evolved over the past decade. IPO’s Patent Agent Committee will host a two-part webinar series on effective use of patent agents. Part 1 will address the benefits of having a patent agent program including how patent agents can support legal/business work outside of preparation and prosecution. Speakers will discuss unique benefits to staffing with patent agents, including contributing to your organization’s diversity. Part 2 is scheduled for August 9 and will focus on Patent Agent privilege and best practices for using patent agents in-house.

    *Please note that IPO will not be applying for CLE credit for this course.

    Karen Cochran

    Chief IP Counsel

    Shell USA, Inc.

    Karen Cochran is the chief IP counsel at Shell, leading the company’s global IP department in support of IP strategies and related licensing activities. Karen began her career as a chemist at Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, and Merck Pharmaceuticals. Following law school, she reentered the pharmaceutical industry as a patent attorney and later joined AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. Karen assumed roles of increasing responsibility while with AstraZeneca, including head of Neuroscience IP, leading a global team from the company’s Swedish offices. Karen subsequently joined DuPont in 2012 where she led both IP and commercial legal teams prior to becoming DuPont’s chief IP counsel and head of IP Litigation. She is a member of IPO’s Board of Directors, serving as president. Karen has also served on the board of Association for Women in Science (AWIS), an organization committed to the advancement of women in STEM.

    Carey Jordan

    Partner

    Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

    Carey Jordan is a partner in the Vorys Houston office and chair of the intellectual property group. She advises large-scale clients on patent prosecution and global intellectual property (IP) portfolio management, agreements (technology transfer, joint development and other research agreements), licenses, transactions involving IP and risk consultingCarey also has significant experience in crafting and conducting effective and efficient IP due diligence for investments, acquisitions and divestituresAlthough experienced in multiple technology areas, her personal sweet spots are in the chemicals and materials science arenas. Carey received her J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center. She received her M.S. and B.S. magna cum laude from Clemson University. Carey's personal passion is to encourage women to study science and engineeringFor example, at Clemson University, her alma mater, Carey has established a scholarship campaign to aid women studying science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) obtain their degrees and pursue careers in STEM or IP.

    Kelly McGlashen

    Director of Patents

    Robert Bosch LLC

    Kelly McGlashen is Director of Patents at Robert Bosch LLC. 

    Valerie Moore, Ph.D.

    Patent Agent

    Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

    Valerie Moore, Ph.D. is a registered patent agent who focuses her practice on domestic and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, as well as portfolio management, relating to chemistry, materials, and life sciences. Valerie’s technical and patent experience spans areas including nanotechnology, materials engineering, polymers and surfactants, surface science, corrosion chemistry, catalysis, upstream and downstream oil and gas chemistry, mining, sensors, bioimaging, biomedical implants, mathematical modeling of data, and integrating systems with mathematical modeling.

    Angela Parsons, Ph.D.

    Patent Agent

    Fish & Richardson, PC

    Angela Parsons, Ph.D., has been a Patent Agent for 25 years, starting her practice at a very small IP boutique before moving to Fish & Richardson. Angela focuses her practice on all aspects of life science patent prosecution, both U.S. and abroad, as well as due diligence, patentability opinions, and invalidity opinions. Her clients include universities and research institutes, start-up companies, and large companies that operate in the pharma and life sciences space.

    Connie Pielech

    Patent Agent

    Shell USA, Inc.

    Connie Pielech is a Patent Agent at Shell USA, Inc.

  • Contains 6 Component(s), Includes Credits

    The Unified Patent Court is open for business as of June 1, 2023. During the webinar, speakers will look at what parties have been doing both in the run up to the UPC opening its doors and in the week since those doors opened. They will consider what you should be thinking about and preparing for now that the system is live as well as what to do once in a UPC action. Finally, they’ll conclude with a review of selected hot off the press UPC news items.

    The Unified Patent Court is open for business as of June 1, 2023. During the webinar, speakers will look at what parties have been doing both in the run up to the UPC opening its doors and in the week since those doors opened. They will consider what you should be thinking about and preparing for now that the system is live as well as what to do once in a UPC action. Finally, they’ll conclude with a review of selected hot off the press UPC news items.

    Daniela Gill-Carey

    Associate General Patent Counsel

    UCB Biopharma SRL

    Daniela Gill-Carey holds a dual qualification as a European and as a UK Chartered patent attorney and is currently an associate general patent counsel within the UK IP department of UCB Biopharma. She supports all patent-related activities of various pre-clinical and clinical programs and biopharmaceutical technologies. Daniela started her career in the patent department of Procter and Gamble, before joining the pharmaceutical sector in 2008, first at TEVA and then at Novartis. Prior joining UCB, she led the IP department of Proteome Sciences, a British/German bioscience company. Before entering the patent profession, she received a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Zurich and a MSc in Intellectual Property Law from the ETH in Zurich (Switzerland).

    Matthew Georgiou

    Partner

    Carpmaels & Ransford

    Matthew is a Partner in the Life Sciences group at Carpmaels. He spends his time counselling clients in the pharmaceutical and chemical sector on strategies for maintaining market exclusivity in Europe. In this role he has advised the world’s largest drug companies on how to protect their intellectual property. At the core of Matthew’s practice is his experience representing clients before the European Patent Office in ex-parte examination proceedings and inter-partes opposition and appeal proceedings. He has handled complex multiparty opposition proceedings (in attack and defense) relating to a variety of commercial products and his endeavors for clients have taken him all the way to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal. Alongside this, Matthew has experience advising on SPC strategies and regulatory exclusivity relating to medicinal products in Europe.  He also has experience in providing litigation support in circumstances where parallel EPO and national court proceedings are pending. Matthew is a European and UK patent attorney and a registered UPC representative .  He is a Vice Chair of IPO’s European Practice Committee.

    Nick Noble

    Partner

    Kilburn & Strode

    Nick Noble specializes in high-tech patent work and handles large volumes of high value work in the fields of telecoms & standards, electronics and healthcare technology. His academic background and 20 years’ experience has led to him being recognized as a leading telecoms patent expert. He advises his clients on all aspects of patent protection, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, opposition proceedings, freedom to operate, and infringement and validity opinions and he has particular experience of standards-related patent matters. Nick works as an extension of his clients’ teams and is to them a valued trusted advisor.

    Nathalie Wajs

    Partner

    Plasseraud

    Nathalie Wajs is a Partner and a Patent Attorney at Plasseraud IP. She works on cases relating to cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, polymers, petrochemicals and catalysis for individuals, companies and research institutes. With more than 15 years of experience in intellectual property, she advises individuals, large groups and research institutes in the development and management of their patent portfolios: patent applications, granting procedures, legal advice (freedom to operate, audit of IP portfolios) and valuation, in the chemical sectors. She has developed a recognized expertise in litigation and opposition proceedings before the EPO. Nathalie started her career in IP in 2004 at L'OREAL, where she was responsible for foundation and powder products. Nathalie joined Plasseraud IP in 2008 and became a Partner in 2023.

  • Contains 6 Component(s), Includes Credits

    This webinar, organized by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Committee, will explore what happens after the ITC issues an exclusionary remedy in an ITC Section 337 proceeding. The panel will discuss enforcement and advisory proceedings at the ITC, formal and informal proceedings with U.S. Customs, and also explain the machinations and complications associated with complying with the ITC’s cease and desist orders and bonding requirements during Presidential Review.

    This webinar, organized by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Committee, will explore what happens after the ITC issues an exclusionary remedy in an ITC Section 337 proceeding.  The panel will discuss enforcement and advisory proceedings at the ITC, formal and informal proceedings with U.S. Customs, and also explain the machinations and complications associated with complying with the ITC’s cease and desist orders and bonding requirements during Presidential Review.   

    Kate Cappaert

    Partner

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP

    Kate Cappaert is a partner at Steptoe & Johnson and focuses her practice on all aspects of intellectual property litigation.  Kate leverages her legal and industry experience as a mechanical engineer to help clients navigate intellectual property disputes across a variety of venues, and has appeared in cases before the US International Trade Commission, federal district courts throughout the United States, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

    Christopher Clancy

    VP, Legal & General Counsel

    Panduit

    Christopher Clancy, as VP, Legal & General Counsel, is focused on IP, commercial, compliance, employment and M&A issues. Christopher has worked at Panduit in the following roles since 2001:  Patent Attorney (2001-06); Assistant Patent Counsel – Electrical Group (2006-10); Patent Counsel – Electrical Group (2010-11); Chief Patent Counsel (2011-2016); and VP, Legal & General Counsel (2016-present).  Christopher also serves as the Corporate Secretary (2018 – present). He graduated from Northwestern University in 1993 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and received his law degree from The John Marshall (now UIC) Law School in 1997 with a Juris Doctorate.

    Matt Rizzolo

    Partner

    Ropes & Gray LLP

    Matt Rizzolo is a litigator with Ropes & Gray who works extensively with technology companies to both enforce clients’ intellectual property rights and defend clients from infringement claims. Matt leads the firm’s practice in Section 337 actions before the United States International Trade Commission and has significant experience litigating patent cases in a variety of jurisdictions, including federal district courts throughout the United States, the Court of Federal Claims, the Federal Circuit, and before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board. Matt frequently writes and speaks on a wide variety of intellectual property issues, and is a sought-after commentator who has been quoted in media such as The National Law Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC, and Law360, among others. He is a co-host of Ropes & Gray’s IP(DC) podcast, which focuses on intellectual property developments emanating from Washington, DC, and is a Vice-Chair of the IPO’s U.S. International Trade Commission Committee.  


  • Contains 8 Component(s), Includes Credits

    Patent eligibility is a significant concern to IP owners and inventors in determining how to invest time, money, and resources in research and development. The panel will discuss issues, observations, and concerns regarding patent eligibility through the lens of practitioners in a variety of technical fields and jurisdictions.

    Patent eligibility is a significant concern to IP owners and inventors in determining how to invest time, money, and resources in research and development. The panel will discuss issues, observations, and concerns regarding patent eligibility through the lens of practitioners in a variety of technical fields and jurisdictions.

    David Hammond

    Partner, Patent Attorney

    Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP

    David Hammond is a partner at the European IP firm Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP, practicing in the FMCG, life sciences and healthcare areas with a particular focus on small and large molecule therapeutics, microfluidic-based lab-on-a-chip technologies and food tech.  David is part of HLK’s specialist Oppositions team, regularly representing clients in EPO opposition and appeal hearings.

    Wayne Jaeschke

    Assistant General Counsel - Patents

    Johnson & Johnson

    Wayne Jaeschke is a patent attorney in the Johnson and Johnson Global Legal Organization with close to 30 years of experience providing counsel to clients in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, and medical device fields.  Wayne currently serves as co Vice-Chair to IPO’s International Patent Law and Trade Committee and Chair of the WIPO and International Patent Practice sub-committee.

    Christopher Johns

    Partner

    Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

    Chris Johns is a partner at Finnegan. He focuses on patent application drafting, prosecution, and portfolio development. He also works on litigations, ITC investigations, PTAB trials, and appeals. He provides domestic and international clients with strategic IP counseling. Chris works on matters in a variety of technical areas, from telecommunications and business methods, to medical devices and household goods. Before private practice, Chris served for nearly five years as a USPTO patent examiner. Chris co-authored and co-edited a recent book covering patent eligibility issues in more than a dozen countries.

    Mauricio Samano

    Senior Associate

    OLIVARES

    Mauricio Samano is a senior associate at the patent department of the Mexican based law firm OLIVARES. His work in OLIVARES mainly focuses in prosecuting Chemical, Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical patent applications, as well as in providing technical opinions regarding patent infringement. He has experience in conducting state of the art searches and drafting patent applications. Additionally, he is a member of the International Patent Law and Trade Committee, as well as of the Latin American Practice Committee of Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) organization.

  • Contains 6 Component(s), Includes Credits

    IPO’s Diversity & Inclusion Committee published a “Hiring and Retention Guide”. The panelists will discuss how the guide can be used to hire and retain talented lawyers and legal professionals from underrepresented groups. Speakers will also share tips and learnings from their own experiences.

    Despite years of various efforts to improve hiring and retention of qualified candidates from underrepresented groups, law firms and corporate legal departments continue to struggle in making any meaningful advances. See, for example, a recent article by the American Bar Association, which states in relevant part:

    Women make up 37% of practicing attorneys, even though they account for 50.8% of the U.S. population. Men still outnumber women in equity partner positions nearly 5 to 1. Only 4.7% of practicing attorneys are Black, with about 10% of attorneys falling into other racial minority groups. Within the legal profession since 2010, representation of individuals in minority racial and ethnic groups combined has grown just 6%, the percentage of practicing Black attorneys has increased by less than 1%, and the percentage of women attorneys has only increased 4.6%. At this rate, it will take 30 years for the demographics of the legal profession to reflect the demographics of today’s population. (Source: How to Improve Diversity in the Legal Profession (americanbar.org) [americanbar.org])

    For an abundance of clarity, underrepresented groups include individuals belonging to or identifying with an underrepresented: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, and/or disability or genetic information.

    As hiring and retention of underrepresented groups in the legal profession continue to confound law firms and legal departments, IPO’s Diversity & Inclusion committee aims to demystify hiring and retention of underrepresented groups by sharing the newly created Hiring & Retention Guide [ipo.org] (“Guide”). This Guide is the next section of the Practical Guide to Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession and focuses on solving for hiring and retention problems associated with the hiring and retention of underrepresented groups in the legal profession – especially in law firms and corporate legal departments.

    The core problems with hiring underrepresented or diverse lawyers/legal professional are captured in slide 4 of the Guide. Next, the key problems with retaining underrepresented or diverse lawyers / legal professional are captured in slide 5 of the Guide. The solutions to the core hiring problems and the solutions to the key retention problems are summarized in slide 6. The Background section of the Guide includes the details to the solutions for both hiring and retention problems.

    While the Guide serves to help with improving hiring and retention of underrepresented groups in the legal profession, the Guide can be used to improve hiring of retention of any qualified candidate because the Guide enables equitable hiring and retention of all qualified candidates. To help digest this Guide, IPO’s D&I Committee will host a first webinar to cover the introduction and overview of this Guide. The panelists will discuss how the guide can be used to hire and retain talented lawyers and legal professionals from underrepresented groups. Speakers will also share tips and learnings from their own experiences.

    Shruti Costales

    Legal Director, HW & SW Procurement

    Dell Technologies

    Shruti Costales is a Legal Director at Dell Technologies. She is a licensed patent attorney and has worked in private practice, in-house, and with the Federal Government. Shruti has 20+ years of deep legal experience in handling Intellectual Property (IP) transactions, complex commercial transactions including drafting and negotiating XaaS agreements and handling FED/SLED agreements, product counseling, procurement transactions, due diligence and mergers & acquisitions related assessments, patent counseling, patent litigation, patent and trademark application drafting and prosecution. Her experience includes working in the technology (XaaS, IoT, AI, HW, and SW), healthcare (including biotechnology, medical devices, and pharmaceutical – small molecule and large molecule), chemical (including catalysts and polymers), semiconductor, and petrochemical/energy industries. Shruti has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University and her JD from Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire School of Law). She is the co-chair of the Diversity & Inclusion committee for the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) where she has co-authored many white papers and guides. Shruti loves reading mysteries, writing poetry, and sewing. 

    Keisha Hylton-Rodic, Ph.D., Esq.

    Managing Principal

    Hylton-Rodic Law Intellectual Property

    Keisha Hylton-Rodic, Ph.D. is a registered patent attorney with a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. She specializes in assisting pharmaceutical companies, start-ups, universities, chemical companies, and venture capital funds, achieve their IP objectives. Dr. Hylton-Rodic’s practice includes patent procurement, patent-related risk assessments (including freedom-to-operate, IP due diligence investigations, non-infringement, and validity), design-around strategies and opinions. She has extensive experience developing and managing domestic and foreign patent portfolios in a variety of technical areas including biotech, chemical, pharmaceutical, food, and paper.

    Rachael Rodman

    Partner

    Ulmer & Berne, LLP

    Rachael Rodman is an accomplished litigator who concentrates her practice in the area of IP litigation, and has experience representing clients in variety of cases involving patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret claims. She also has experience in complex business litigation, and has litigated cases involving contract, shareholder, and non-compete disputes. In addition to her substantial trial experience in state and federal court, Rachael has extensive appellate experience, in both Ohio and federal appellate courts. Prior to beginning her litigation practice, Rachael clerked for the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Second Appellate District.  She has participated in arbitrations through the American Arbitration Association and the dispute resolution forums of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the American Health Lawyers Association.

    Elaine Spector

    Partner

    Harrity & Harrity, LLP

    Elaine Spector is a patent attorney with over 20 years of experience in intellectual property law.  Her current practice consists primarily of prosecuting patent applications with a focus on electromechanical technologies. Prior to joining Harrity & Harrity, Elaine worked in private practice for over 15 years handling various intellectual property matters, including patent application drafting and prosecution, trademark prosecution and enforcement, as well as litigating complex patent cases in federal courts. Elaine’s extensive litigation experience provides her with a unique perspective in prosecuting patent applications. Most recently, Elaine worked in-house for 6 years at Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, where she managed over 500 matters in medical and software related technologies. As an avid believer in giving-back, Elaine serves a Board Member at No More Stolen Childhoods. She is also dedicated to improving diversity in the field of patent law through her numerous diversity leadership roles. Elaine hosts Driving Diversity, a weekly vlog sharing diversity-related tips and FAQ’s, as well as quarterly webinars in a series called Diversity Dialogue as part of Harrity’s Diversity Channel.